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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Allan P Jarvis, Jr, Newburyport, MA (US);
David I Kosowsky, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Damon Biotech, Inc., Needham Heights, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 85 ; 435 68 ; 435804 ; 530351 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a new material having antiviral activity designated interferon epsilon. The material may be produced, for example, by exposing primary, diploid human epithelial cells to a virus and then incubating the cells under conditions in which the new interferon is produced and is secreted into the culture medium. The material is antigenically distinct from interferon alpha, interferon beta, and interferon gamma, and displays marked antiviral activity in human epithelial cells but no detectable activity in other cell types.